descendance
French, noun/de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
descendance is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descendance is a French feminine noun meaning “line of descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Progéniture, ensemble des individus issus d’une reproduction sexuée ou asexuée”.
What does descendance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineline of descent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Progéniture, ensemble des individus issus d’une reproduction sexuée ou asexuée. 2. Lignée généalogique, lignage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descendance
- descendances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descendance?
- /de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
- \de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descendance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descendance in French?
descendance appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).